SOLPS-ITER modelling of helium transport, recycling and pumping at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak by A. Zito, O. Pan, M. Wischmeier, A. Kappatou, A. Kallenbach, S.O. Makarov, M. Bernert, M. Cavedon, D. Reiter, U. Stroth, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

“…This is mainly determined by a deeper edge transport barrier and a weaker parallel SOL transport of He ions, with respect to D ions, and by the higher first ionization energy of He atoms, which results in a deeper penetration of recycled atoms into the plasma. …”
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Toposseqüência de solos fertigados com vinhaça: contribuição para a qualidade das águas do lençol freático Toposequence of soils fertigated with stillage: contribution towards the... by Marília R.C.C. Lyra, Mário M. Rolim, José A. A da Silva

“…The samples were collected from 19 observation wells distributed in six parallel transects at 100 m interval in an area of 12 ha. …”
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Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and breast cancer: Beyond the prognostic and predictive utility by Andrea Ravelli, Giandomenico Roviello, Daniele Cretella, Andrea Cavazzoni, Alessandra Biondi, Maria Rosa Cappelletti, Laura Zanotti, Giuseppina Ferrero, Marco Ungari, Fabrizio Zanconati, Alberto Bottini, Roberta Alfieri, Pier Giorgio Petronini, Daniele Generali

“…Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes reflect the attempt of the host to eradicate malignancies, and during the last decades, they have been shown to possess an interesting prognostic utility for breast cancer, especially in case of HER2 positive and triple-negative molecular subtypes. In parallel, the clinical evaluation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes has been shown to effectively predict treatment outcomes in both neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings. …”
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Validation of the Perceived Barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence (PEDIA) Scale Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender and Nonbinary Person... by Victor C Matos, Dyego Carlos Araújo, Thiago S Torres, Paula M Luz

“…Using Sample 2020, we performed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with parallel analysis to evaluate PEDIA’s factor structure. …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLULAR IMMUNE STATUS IN THE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS WITH NASAL POLYPS by E. L. Savlevich, S. V. Khaidukov, O. М. Kurbacheva, G. P. Bondareva, K. N. Shachnev, A. S. Simbirtsev

“…To study appropriate trends, an evaluation of cellular immunity indices was carried out in twenty patients with the CRSwNP. …”
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Pharmacist and Homeless Outreach Engagement and Non-medical Independent prescribing Rx (PHOENIx): a study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial by Vibhu Paudyal, Frances Mair, Kate Stock, Andrew McPherson, Andrea E Williamson, Richard Lowrie, Donogh Maguire, Steven Ross, Clare Duncan, Cian Lombard, Fiona Hughes, Jane Moir, Ailsa Scott, Frank Reilly, Laura Sills, David Brannan, Rebekah Ramage, Becky Blair, Natalia Farmer, George Provan, Jenni Hislop

“…We describe the methods of a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) with parallel process and economic evaluation of PEH with recent overdose.Methods and analysis Detailed health and social care information will be collected before randomisation to care-as-usual plus visits from a pharmacist and a homeless outreach worker (PHOENIx) for 6–9 months or to care-as-usual. …”
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Progressive resistance and flexibility exercises versus usual care advice for improving pain and function after distal radius fracture in adults aged 50 years or over: protocol for... by David J. Keene, Juul Achten, Ioana Marian, Marloes Franssen, Elizabeth Tutton, Warren Sheehan, Colin Forde, Hannah Crook, Jenny Gould, Richard Grant, Duncan Appelbe, Sarah E. Lamb, Matthew L. Costa

“…Methods: This is a multicentre, parallel-group, superiority, individually randomized controlled trial. …”
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MALDI-TOF MS experience with the identification of complex microorganisms using two devices in a National Reference Laboratory by Maria Florencia Rocca, Diego Danze, Gastón D´Angiolo, Paula Etcheverry, Claudia Martínez, Mónica Prieto

“…In this study, we developed a strictly in parallel comparative evaluation of the performance of the Microflex LT and the next generation VITEK MS PRIME for the identification of a large number of complex microorganisms with clinical relevance, based on updated platforms and databases. …”
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Sheffield Adaptive Patterned Electrical Stimulation (SHAPES) Therapy for Post Stroke Arm spasticity: study protocol for a 3-arm, a partially blinded, randomised controlled trial by Ali Ali, Avril D. McCarthy, Mark Reeves, Jamie Healey, Louise Moody, Adewale Adebajo, Tim Good, Simon Dixon, Kathleen Baster, Wendy Tindale, Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair

“…Measures of arm motor function (Action Research Arm Test, MRC scale), and quality of life (SQoL-6D, EQ-5D) will also be measured along with a parallel health economic evaluation. Discussion The results of the SHAPES trial will inform management of elbow spasticity after stroke. …”
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A systematic review of microfinance interventions and violence against women: results from low- and middle-income contexts by Nancy Glass, Lori Heise, Michele R Decker, Anaise Williams, Grace Wamue-Ngare, Abigael Malelu-Gitau, Cynthia Edeh, Yurie Aiura, Tabitha Gitahi, Joan Rakuomi

“…Actionable gaps for future programmatic and evaluation work include examining differences across supplemental programming, populations, and outcomes.…”
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Early Supervised Incremental Resistance Training (ESpIRiT) following cardiac surgery via a median sternotomy: a study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Doa El-Ansary, Md Ali Katijjahbe, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf, Colin Royse, Alistair Royse, Nur Ayub Md Ali, Mohd Ramzisham Abdul Rahman, Suriah Ahmad, Chong Tze Huat, Mohamad Arif Muhammad Nor, Jeswant Dillon, Hairulfaizi Haron, Muhamad Ishamudin Ismail

“…The primary hypothesis will be examined by evaluating the change from baseline to the 4-week postoperative time point in the intervention arm compared with the usual care arm. …”
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Effects of traditional Chinese medicine massage therapy on pain, functional activity, muscle activation patterns and proprioception in knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled... by Xin Zhou, Cheng Tang, Bowen Zhu, Yangyang Fu, Min Fang, Sitong Fang, Qingguang Zhu, Yuen Yee Janice Hiew

“…Secondary outcomes include knee function (measured using the WOMAC stiffness and WOMAC functional subscale questionnaire and the timed ‘Up and Go’ test), muscle activation states (evaluated with electromyography techniques), knee proprioception and treatment satisfaction, adherence, safety evaluation and other relevant factors. …”
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Comparison of Efficiency of Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises Versus Proprioceptive Exercises in Improving Balance and Gait in People With Hemophilia: Protocol for a Randomized Contro... by Tugce Poyraz Isleyen, Ela Tarakci, Gokce Leblebici, Ipek Yeldan, Bulent Zulfikar

“…MethodsThis study is a 3-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial with 63 people with hemophilia aged 13-25 years who meet the inclusion criteria. …”
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Performance of a national primary care chronic disease screening strategy in Chile: a mixed-methods analysis by Paula Zamorano, Teresita Varela, Isidora Salvatierra, Álvaro Téllez, Mayra Martinez, Juan Ilabaca, Diego García Huidobro

“…Methods: A parallel convergent mixed-methods study was conducted. …”
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Mechanisms of Exogenous L-Lysine in Influencing the Quality of Low-Sodium Marinated Braised Beef by Chongxian Zheng, Pengsen Wang, Mingming Huang, Tong Jiang, Jianying Zhao, Yanwei Mao, Huixin Zuo

“…This study was conducted with three batches of experiments, each batch serving as an independent parallel. For low-sodium plain boiled beef, the optimal addition level of L-Lys was screened out through the research on the effects on meat quality indicators, water distribution, microstructure, and sensory evaluation. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Screening for Hypertension and Diabetes Among Community Groups of Older Adults in Vietnam: Mixed Methods Study by Trang Thi Thu Nong, Giang Hoang Nguyen, Alexander Lepe, Thuy Bich Tran, Lan Thi Phuong Nguyen, Jaap A R Koot

“…MethodsA mixed methods observational study with a convergent parallel design was performed. For the quantitative data analysis, 2 rounds of screening data collected from all 59 ISHCs were analyzed on completeness and quality. …”
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DIFFERENTIATED EFFECTS OF GLUCOSAMINYLMURAMILDIPEPTIDE ON THE NONTRANSFORMED AND EXPERIMENTALLY TRANSFORMED PHENOTYPE OF CD62L+CD63+CD66d+ NEUTROPHILIC GRANULOCYTES IN CONVENTIONAL... by I. V. Nesterova, V. V. Malinovskaya, S. V. Khaydukov, D. L. Nguyen Thi, G. A. Chudilova, L. V. Lomtatidze

“…We investigated NG from peripheral  blood, obtained from healthy people of both sexes aged from 26 to 66 years. Evaluation of the neutrophil membrane receptor expression was carried out by flow cytometry. …”
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Causality Implications for Absorption by EM Metasurfaces by Constantinos Valagiannopoulos

“…The integral of the absorbed power along the entire frequency axis is analytically evaluated, and the obtained sum rules indicate the global absorption by such a generic configuration. …”
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Quality Issues in Human Capital Management by Ion PETRESCU

“… Human capital and its management are important because give the possibility to organizations to use more productively the personnel by means of measurements, analysis and evaluations than by suppositions. We notice in parallel that the increasing interest towards human capital of the company is more and more obvious. …”
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A Proactive Complex Event Processing Method for Large-Scale Transportation Internet of Things by Yongheng Wang, Kening Cao

“…Based on a multilayered adaptive dynamic Bayesian model, a Bayesian network structure learning algorithm using search-and-score is proposed to support accurate predictive analytics. A parallel Markov decision processes model is designed to support proactive event processing. …”
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